What's going on with my sun conure's beak?

[Groelerboy]

Hi there.
This is coco, I recently got it and I've noticed there might be something wrong with his beak. It looks like a mix of an overgrowth and a superficial crack. By looking at pics of other baby conures online I haven't noticed anything similar. Should I be worried or is it something that'll go away with age?

 

[bug_n_flock]

Hmm. Not sure what's going on, can you answer a few questions it might help get a better idea what's going on.

What is his diet? Have you gotten him in to see a bird vet yet? Where did you get him from?

I took in a large number of budgies from someone who had no business dealing with birds. Some of the young ones had deformed beaks from where food had got stuck to them and never cleaned. How are your baby's toes? Some of those budgies had poo balls on their toes also, and deformitiesfrom that too.

 

[onamom]

Welcome to the forums though I’m sorry to hear about Coco’s beak!

It does look like it’s cracked a bit. My bird had something similar as a baby when she was bit by a large bird. Hers ended up growing out fine. Is he eating ok? I would monitor it and see how it looks in a few days. But if you’re worried you could always ask a vet. New babies should always have a checkup anyway if you haven’t done one yet.